English

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Etymology

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From chirrup +‎ -er.

Noun

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chirruper (plural chirrupers)

  1. One who chirrups.
    • 1866, Elizabeth Anne Finn, Home in the Holy Land:
      As it [the sun] passed round to the south the first chirrupers would cease, and others on that side of the tree take up the chorus; and when the shades of evening fell upon the branches, one by one the grasshoppers became silent.